To Develop: Blog 365 Day 41 – Out of My Pants
By Jiddoe S'Phatt
Warmest greetings! My name is Jiddoe S’Phatt. Welcome to day
41 of “To Develop: Blog 365”.
Inspiration to write comes from a number of places. For this
blog I’ve been inspired by hip-hop artist Rick Chyme and producer
David K. Manley of Men@Work Productions. Through a collaborative project
titled #DailyPieces365
these two artists will release a new song every day for 365 consecutive days!
Their impressive dedication has motivated me to write a new blog every day of
2018.
A little piece of me goes into each entry I write. I hope
you enjoy this one!
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Saturdays. My mother would make breakfast while my sisters
and I watched cartoons.
We had our favorites – Spider-Man
and His Amazing Friends, Pole
Position (mostly for the theme song), Thundarr
the Barbarian, Turbo Teen (when I
look back I realize it was ridiculous), and Dungeons
& Dragons. We’d watch toons until noon then it was time for Soul Train.
Once we finished our weekly ride on the hippest trip in
America we’d all start getting dressed. This could take a couple hours because
we only had one bathroom. After everyone was clean and fully clothed to each
their likings we’d pile into the car and head to Grand Rapids to shop.
Our first stop was usually Rogers Department Store.
We’d enter the store by the jewelry counters, walk past the
perfume and then head upstairs to the boys department. It seemed I was always
growing out of my pants. The funny thing about that is I didn’t grow up to be
tall.
Once we were in the boys department my big sisters took
over. Influenced by pop culture and a few of the boys they went to school with,
my attire had to be cute and layered. The way I was dressed would typically be
described as preppy.
I wore sweater vests over button-up shirts with jeans and
loafers.
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